didgetspatch
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Ok so this may seem a little strange so bare with me a minute.
One of my leos, Tara, has problems with her eyesight as a result of this I tong-feed her. Ordinarily she has a very hearty appetite and eats her fair share of worms. When I got her she was a bit under weight so on a Monday and a Thursday she gets 2 waxworms to help her gain weight. I've always fed her mealworms and she's never had a problem with them, with the exception of sometimes not seeing them. Quite recently I got superworms for her in the hope that I'd be able to cut the waxworms to half of what I started her on and eventually eliminate them from her diet completely and just have them as treats. She loves her superworms and is quite a little piggy when it comes to them, the same with her mealworms.
This is the bit that gets strange. When I first got the superworms I didn't gut-load them cos I didn't have a tub to gut-load them in. Now that I've got a tub I've been gut-loading them with carrot and the stuff that comes in the box, I think it's bug grub or oatmeal or something like that. However since I started introducing the carrot Tara has gone completely off her superworms. She just goes up to them, gives them a lick and walks away. I've tried her at different times of day with them, to see if maybe I got her at the wrong time of day, and I've offered them to her first before mealies and waxies (only on appropriate days) and she's just not having any of it.
I keep a record of what she eats so that I know what's what and I can see where she's just stopped eating, I know she goes off her food when she's shedding but she usually goes back to eating a couple of days after. But she hasn't.
20/05 4M 4S
21/05 2W 1S
22/05 5M 3S
24/05 2W 4M 3S
25/05 1S
28/05 2W
01/06 2W
On the 26th Tara was shedding so it makes sense that she wouldn't eat, and she should've started eating again on the 29th but she just has no interest.
Is this because she doesn't like them since I started gut-loading them?
Could she be off her food cos she's ovulating?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
One of my leos, Tara, has problems with her eyesight as a result of this I tong-feed her. Ordinarily she has a very hearty appetite and eats her fair share of worms. When I got her she was a bit under weight so on a Monday and a Thursday she gets 2 waxworms to help her gain weight. I've always fed her mealworms and she's never had a problem with them, with the exception of sometimes not seeing them. Quite recently I got superworms for her in the hope that I'd be able to cut the waxworms to half of what I started her on and eventually eliminate them from her diet completely and just have them as treats. She loves her superworms and is quite a little piggy when it comes to them, the same with her mealworms.
This is the bit that gets strange. When I first got the superworms I didn't gut-load them cos I didn't have a tub to gut-load them in. Now that I've got a tub I've been gut-loading them with carrot and the stuff that comes in the box, I think it's bug grub or oatmeal or something like that. However since I started introducing the carrot Tara has gone completely off her superworms. She just goes up to them, gives them a lick and walks away. I've tried her at different times of day with them, to see if maybe I got her at the wrong time of day, and I've offered them to her first before mealies and waxies (only on appropriate days) and she's just not having any of it.
I keep a record of what she eats so that I know what's what and I can see where she's just stopped eating, I know she goes off her food when she's shedding but she usually goes back to eating a couple of days after. But she hasn't.
20/05 4M 4S
21/05 2W 1S
22/05 5M 3S
24/05 2W 4M 3S
25/05 1S
28/05 2W
01/06 2W
On the 26th Tara was shedding so it makes sense that she wouldn't eat, and she should've started eating again on the 29th but she just has no interest.
Is this because she doesn't like them since I started gut-loading them?
Could she be off her food cos she's ovulating?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
